Today on the Joy Factor, Christie Garland is joined by Pastor Cary Duckett and his wife Cherry to discuss everything around adoption - their own story, the highs and lows, what they would do differently if given the chance, and a biblical perspective on why Christians should adopt.

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In today's episode of The Joy Factor, Christie Garland is joined by Pastor Cary Duckett to discuss everything surrounding forgiveness. Some of the questions they address are: What is forgiveness? Why should I forgive? and What are some practical things I can do to help me forgive someone who has deeply hurt me?

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In today's episode of The Joy Factor, Christie Garland is joined by Pastor Stephen Humphreys to discuss everything surrounding spiritual gifts - do you have a gift, how do you find it, how do you use it, and what are some dangers associated with it?

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In today's episode of The Joy Factor, Christie Garland is joined by Grace Bible Church's Children's Pastor, Tara Hubbard, to discuss the question "did God create evil?"

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In this episode, Christie Garland is joined by Pastor Stephen Humphreys to discuss the question "How is eternal punishment (hell) a just response to temporary sin?"

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In our debut episode of THE JOY FACTOR, we are kicking off our Ask A Pastor series with an often overlooked question: "How do we practically find joy in God, especially when life is difficult?" Pastor Cary Duckett and Christie Garland explore this question together and give us five practical tips:

1.      Deepen your personal relationship with God.

2.     Be in consistent fellowship with other believers and find ways to serve them. 

3.     Realize God has a purpose for the hard seasons of our lives and don’t let the practical aspects of our joy become circumstantial.

4.     Realize God is the giver of all good things and constantly praise him for them. Realize Jesus is better than all those things.

5.     Remind yourself that death is coming, and you will be in God’s fullness of joy forever. 

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